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proportional adjective [ prəˈpɔːʃ(ə)n(ə)l ]

• corresponding in size or amount to something else.
• "the punishment should be proportional to the crime"
Similar: corresponding, proportionate, comparable, in proportion, pro rata, commensurate, equivalent, consistent, relative, correlated, correlative, analogous, analogical, commensurable,
Opposite: disproportionate,
Origin: late Middle English: from late Latin proportionalis, from proportio(n- ) (see proportion).


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